About Clarissa
Clarissa Lane is a licensed social worker practicing in Virginia. She brings eight years of clinical experience to sessions and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and grief. She also supports those facing trauma and abuse, addiction concerns, relationship issues, and problems with self-esteem.
Her style is down-to-earth and centered on the person in front of her. Clarissa believes clients know their own stories and have strengths to build on.
Background and approach
She listens first, then works with each person to set practical goals that fit their life. Sessions often include skills and strategies that people can use between meetings. Clarissa may draw on cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thinking and on mindfulness skills to reduce reactivity.
She can also use approaches geared toward processing traumatic memories when needed. She addresses a wide range of concerns, including compassion fatigue, coping with life changes, anger, family problems, and issues that come with aging. Clarissa also helps people deal with communication problems, codependency, and isolation or loneliness.
People who choose her tend to want practical tools, clear steps, and a collaborative pace. She aims to make progress feel manageable and to help clients notice small changes that add up over time.
Therapeutic approaches available online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and working at your pace. The therapist follows your lead, mirrors your concerns, and helps you set goals based on what matters most to you. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact. It uses simple exercises to change unhelpful thinking and build practical routines for mood and anxiety management.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Clarissa will talk with you about your goals and preferences and suggest methods that match your needs. This is a collaborative process - you and the therapist decide together which techniques to try and when to adjust course.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls let you meet face-to-face when a longer conversation is needed. Phone sessions can be a good option for lower bandwidth or when being on camera feels tiring. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easy to check in between sessions or fit brief updates into a busy day. These options help people keep consistent care while balancing work, caregiving, or travel.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English